The defending NBA champions Golden State Warriors will be attempting to overcome elimination for the second consecutive occasion when they visit the leading Oklahoma City Thunder for the Game 6 of their best-of-seven Western Conference Finals showdown at the Chesapeake Energy Arena on Saturday night.

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The Warriors are down 3-2. They are in danger of losing the opportunity to claim their fifth NBA title.

"Our guys have had a spectacular run here the last two years," Warriors head coach Steve Kerr said. "They've loved every second of it. They don't want it to end, and no matter how you look at it, if you're not the last team standing, it's tough. It's a disappointing way to go out. So we want to hang in there. We want to win the next two and get back to the finals."

The Golden State were boosted by the spectacular Game 5 performance of Stephen Curry, who scored a team-high 31 points following two subpar games in Oklahoma City in Games 3 and 4. The Dubs will be trying to replicate their 120-111 Game 5 victory to force a Game 7 at the Oracle Arena on Monday.

"We play better when we're having fun," Curry said. "We played like we were really stressed in OKC, and it showed. Got to bottle up that joy and take it with us on the plane to OKC and be ready on Saturday. It's going to be an electric atmosphere, and I think we're ready for the challenge."

The Thunder team is just a win away from returning to the championship round of the league. They last appeared in the NBA Finals in 2012 where they lost to the Miami Heat in five games.

The boards have been the best indicator in the series. In Thunder's three victories, the third-seeded team have outrebounded the Warriors.  They are the NBA's top rebounding team in the regular season and the Thunder need to take advantage of their size and depth.

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